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So everything appears to be in order but uploading Tom's files to see how it all worked resulted in no xml files displayed on index.php (despite plenty being of LIVE status ... even created/edited 6 newbies to be sure) and the search function returns a blank page, not even the "Sorry, no articles matched your search term" message.

The create new xml files, edit, etc all work fine, just the content of this CMS refuses to display.

Another odd thing is that the "You don't have privileges to see the admin page." message appears on the login.php page below the login form.

I'm no coder but quite resourceful and usually can get things working enough to modify them to help me understand the workings.